{"sf1_id":659480,"sf2_id":"3egLdj6m","title":"The Predators of Rome: Chapter Five","author":"Simplified","words":4218,"posted_at":"2014-01-30T11:20:00.000Z","tags":["Almost rape","Badger","Blood","Character Development","Cobra","Deer","Drama","Fighting","Hunting","Hyena","M/F","Masturbation","Mongoose","Otter","Parrot","Prostitution","Rabbit","Squirrel","Teenagers","Thriller","Vaginal","Violence","Voyeurism"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/659480-the-predators-of-rome-chapter-five","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/3egLdj6m","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/06/fa/06fa6c9a-32df-4d94-8f5b-bc5929c23299","description":"#2 of The Predators of Rome\n\nGio continues to be treated like an honored guest by the devilish Diavolo, who lavishes the mongoose with food, wine, even a good female to keep him occupied, but all Gio wants is to find a way to help Shari out of this hellhole. This and more inside!\n(God, the next chapter's gonna be tough X_X)","content":"Chapter Five\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe squirrels led a newly dressed Giovanni into the dining room.\n\nThe badger drank wine with the parrot from earlier.\u0026nbsp; Diavolo stood when he saw Giovanni. \"Ah, Mr. Amante, I'm glad you could join me.\u0026nbsp; I'm sure you already met the doctor here, but please introduce yourself.\"\n\nThe mongoose nodded to the parrot.\u0026nbsp; \"Giovanni Amante, you can just call me Gio.\"\n\nThe blue macaw stood and sauntered over to the mongoose then pressed herself against him.\u0026nbsp; \"Safira, bonito.\"\n\nThe mongoose shook his head, \"Pardon?\"\n\nShe pecked him as she openly groped him in front of the badger and squirrels, \"My name is Safira, Gio.\"\n\nShe led him to sit between her and Diavolo.\n\n\"That doe I gave you before was just your welcome gift, Safira here is your entertainment for tonight.\"\n\nThe mongoose nodded as the smitten parrot continued to dote on him.\u0026nbsp; \"Well, it is comforting to see you have some girls that don't break my rules.\"\n\nThe badger quirked an eyebrow.\u0026nbsp; \"Rules? I didn't realize whores had rules.\"\n\nGio took that one with a smile.\u0026nbsp; \"Well, I have rules, a code that I always follow.\u0026nbsp; Four basic rules, 1. I never sleep with anyone who is underage so that doe, as nice as she was, she would normally be off limits for me.\u0026nbsp; 2. I never do anything violent, it is simply unethical to hurt someone on purpose during lovemaking.\u0026nbsp; 3. Nothing dirty, no S\u0026M, no piss, none of that.\u0026nbsp; 4. And this is a rule I reserve for my male clients, I never do up the ass, at least not my own.\u0026nbsp; I have buggered some men, but have always made sure they were clean before and I've always worn protection.\u0026nbsp; Females, I never do anal with them.\"\n\nThe badger chuckled.\u0026nbsp; \"A whore with a code, that's rich.\"\n\nThe squirrels appeared carrying plates of an unidentifiable meat and some vegetables.\u0026nbsp; Gio covered his nose when he sniffed it.\n\nThe badger laughed.\u0026nbsp; \"What's the matter, Gio?\u0026nbsp; Not a carnivore?\"\n\nGio shook his head, \"Well of course, I'm a mongoose, I eat meat, that doesn't smell like anything I've ever had before.\"\n\nThe badger shrugged and ate some of the meat.\u0026nbsp; \"You should try it, it's actually quite exquisite.\"\n\nThe parrot knew what it was and seemed like she was on Gio's side.\n\nGio sniffed again.\u0026nbsp; \"What is it?\"\n\nThe badger grinned, \"Prey...\u0026nbsp; It's the organs of the two men who attacked you last night.\"\n\nThe mongoose went pale.\u0026nbsp; \"The men... you sent them?\"\n\n\"I did not, that was someone that worked for me, a faggot lizard who goes by the name of Skinnar.\"\u0026nbsp; He shook his head.\u0026nbsp; \"I can't understand how some men could just completely forsake women for some man ass.\"\n\nGio sat up while the parrot still rubbed his shoulders.\u0026nbsp; \"Well, I've had men, I can see the appeal.\"\n\n\"Ah, but you still prefer women, right?\"\n\nHe shrugged before kissing Safira.\u0026nbsp; \"I see your point there.\"\u0026nbsp; He changed the subject back to last night.\u0026nbsp; \"And these men that came after me, what was the whole point of it?\"\n\nDiavolo drank wine.\u0026nbsp; \"That was a test.\u0026nbsp; I needed to see for myself if you could hold yourself in an ambush fight.\u0026nbsp; You held your own quite well.\"\n\nGio shrugged, \"Well, I'm no martial artist but I can fend for myself.\"\u0026nbsp; He leaned in, \"And between you and me, those two were brainless, they couldn't fight their way out of kindergarten.\"\n\nDiavolo nodded, \"Still you've shown promise, I think you would fare well in the games tomorrow.\"\n\n\"Games?\"\n\nThe badger nodded before taking off his sunglasses.\u0026nbsp; \"You see, Mr. Amante, I provide a service for a select few men or women.\u0026nbsp; Only the initiate know of my games, the rest are meat.\u0026nbsp; My clients are mostly rich business types looking for that bit of excitement to take away the tension of their everyday stress.\u0026nbsp; I capture prey for these people, I set them loose with only a select few weapons and I give them until they reach a point I designate at a time I set.\u0026nbsp; If these prey are successful, I reward them handsomely $50,000.\u0026nbsp; If not...\"\u0026nbsp; He gestured to the plates before him.\n\nGio understood.\u0026nbsp; \"You capture people for your clients to hunt them like feral animals, if they survive they get half a million... and what of the clients?\"\n\n\"The client who bags the kill gets the $50,000 instead.\u0026nbsp; And I get the money of everyone that fails.\"\n\nGio nodded as the parrot had unbuckled his pants and begun to stroke him under the table.\u0026nbsp; \"And what part am I to play in all of this?\"\n\nThe badger drank more wine.\u0026nbsp; \"That remains to be seen, I can't say if you're ready for my games.\u0026nbsp; It would be embarrassing if I sent you out and someone bags you in an hour.\u0026nbsp; Tomorrow one of my games has been set, you'll be allowed to watch, you can see for yourself how this works, then training for next week's game begins for you.\"\n\nGio ignored the girl currently licking him in plain view of the badger.\u0026nbsp; \"Where's the girl I was with last night?\"\n\n\"The cobra?\u0026nbsp; She's here... downstairs.\u0026nbsp; If you are worried, don't be.\u0026nbsp; She's a bit old for my tastes, I won't touch her.\u0026nbsp; I can't say much for my enforcers, though.\u0026nbsp; Not unless you agree to come watch my game tomorrow.\"\n\nThe mongoose sighed... \"I have no choice then.\u0026nbsp; I will see your game, but if anything happens to Shari...\"\n\nDiavolo nodded, \"I do not doubt your retribution.\u0026nbsp; Shari will be kept safe as long as you follow my way.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe snake woman in question found herself the center of attention amongst Signore's females.\n\nAll the girls were smitten with the beautiful cobra, Dawn and Clara were the two most interested in her.\n\nShari giggled as the girls washed her with the soaps they were given by their master.\u0026nbsp; \"Wow, I've never felt this adored in all my life.\"\n\nClara gave grapes to the pretty snake.\u0026nbsp; \"Well, that's just hard to believe, a pretty lady like you must have men dying to get with you.\"\n\nShe petted the pretty bunny.\u0026nbsp; \"Well, Clara, you may find that hard to believe, but some men are simply just intimidated by girls who are taller than them and who could beat them up.\"\n\nDawn nodded, \"That could be why Signore ain't touched ya at all since you got here.\u0026nbsp; He don't like tall girls, nor anyone older than us.\"\n\nShari frowned at what she'd just heard.\u0026nbsp; \"Who is this Signore and why does he keep all you precious girls here?\"\n\nDawn sighed, \"Fer fuckin'...\"\n\nShari would have blinked at what the doe just said.\u0026nbsp; \"Oh... so he's one of those assholes.\"\n\nDawn nodded, \"Yeah... but there ain't a lot we could do about it.\u0026nbsp; Most of us, he got from around the continent, except for me and Clara.\u0026nbsp; He got us both from overseas.\u0026nbsp; I was in D.C. just goin' to school an' bam, these two squirrels dragged me away and I woke up here.\"\n\n\"How long ago was that?\"\n\n\"Three years, I was 13 then.\"\u0026nbsp; She sighed.\n\nThe snake felt her cold blood boil at that.\u0026nbsp; \"And you, Clara?\"\n\nThe rabbit frowned, \"I don't like to talk about it.\"\n\nShari held the two close while the other girls continued to wash her.\n\nClara cooed under the snake's body.\u0026nbsp; \"Mm, you're just like Safira.\"\n\n\"And who's Safira?\"\n\nDawn smiled, \"Oh, she's this real purty parrot girl that lives 'ere with us.\u0026nbsp; She used to be one o' Signore's favorites, then she turned 20 and he lost interest.\u0026nbsp; She still sticks around though 'cause she takes care of us when we're sick or hurt.\u0026nbsp; She's good with doctorin'.\u0026nbsp; She also likes handsome weasely fellas more than that badger, I'm sure that cute weasel guy upstairs mus' be havin' a heck of a time wit her by now.\"\n\nShari sat up.\u0026nbsp; \"Weasel?\u0026nbsp; You mean mongoose?\"\n\nDawn shrugged, \"I guess, I could never tell the diff'rence.\u0026nbsp; I think Signore called him Gio.\"\n\nShari's heart sank.\u0026nbsp; \"Gio is here?\"\n\nDawn looked up.\u0026nbsp; \"You know him?\"\n\nThe snake nodded as she sat back.\u0026nbsp; \"Yes, we were dating.\"\n\nDawn blinked.\u0026nbsp; \"Oh, well I'm sorry I didn't know he was taken.\u0026nbsp; It's jus' when Signore says fer us to fuck someone, we do it, no questions.\"\n\nShari petted the doe.\u0026nbsp; \"That's alright... we weren't officially together and I guess I was silly to think he'd be different.\"\u0026nbsp; She sniffed.\n\nThe doe leaned into the petting.\u0026nbsp; \"Well, he felt different, fer sure.\u0026nbsp; Mos' guys they just wanna fuck us an' make us suck their dicks.\u0026nbsp; He... he was nice.\u0026nbsp; He made me scream like no one had ever done before...\"\n\nClara agreed, \"Oh yeah, I wanted to push her off his dick so I could have some.\"\n\nShari heard them praising the mongoose she barely knew over the past few days.\u0026nbsp; She would have blushed.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nUpstairs, in the guest room Gio had been given, Safira had indeed gotten to the mongoose.\n\nBoth mongoose and parrot stood shakily under the shower as the male unloaded ribbons of his fertile seed in the lovely sapphire blue female he held.\u0026nbsp; \"Well there goes any chance I would've had with Shari.\"\u0026nbsp; He remarked before kissing the pretty bird on her curved black beak.\n\nShe understood his tone.\u0026nbsp; \"She sounds like a lovely girl, but yeah, I doubt there are many girls who would accept a man who's job happens to be sleeping with other women. \u0026nbsp;To be honest, if it were you and me, I wouldn't mind, that kinda thing gets me hot anyway.\"\n\nWith those latest words of wisdom, Gio had Safira on her back in bed as he continued to mate the lovely blue macaw who bent to his every kinky whim.\n\nThe badger watched the pair through a security camera, his pants were around his legs, his cock dripped cum from his previous orgasm.\u0026nbsp; He licked his palm clean, sniffed coke then got started right when the couple on camera got started up again.\n\nIn the room, Gio hilted again on another climax.\u0026nbsp; Safira held him close as they both fell asleep in each other's arms.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGio awoke the next morning to an empty bed.\u0026nbsp; Safira had gotten up before him.\u0026nbsp; He sighed just as the shower came off.\n\nThe lovely macaw stepped out naked and dripping.\u0026nbsp; \"I'm sorry I didn't wake you.\u0026nbsp; You just looked so cute sleeping there.\"\n\nGio laughed, \"No girl's ever called me cute before.\"\n\nShe walked up to him then straddled his morning wood.\u0026nbsp; \"Well, you are cute and I think I like you.\"\u0026nbsp; She sank down on him before kissing him.\u0026nbsp; \"We have some time before Dell'Ombra comes to get you.\"\n\nGio got her point, so he gave her his point.\n\nThe new couple had finished then helped each other dress before the badger came.\n\nThe badger hid his hardon as he could smell the sex in the room.\u0026nbsp; \"You two got on exceptionally well it seems.\u0026nbsp; Good for you; now come on, we have much to do before the clientele arrive.\"\n\nDell'Ombra used the opportunity to give the mongoose a tour of his manor.\u0026nbsp; Gio remained silent through the whole thing until the badger decided to take him downstairs.\n\nDiavolo stopped, \"Now, I am sure you already know what's down there.\u0026nbsp; Normally if any of my clients wanted to sample one of my girls, they would have to pay me for their services.\u0026nbsp; But, you are my guest, I will make an exception for you; though you've already expressed your distaste for young girls, if you wished to see them, you are free to do so.\u0026nbsp; My squirrels will have to accompany you when I'm not around, however.\u0026nbsp; I still don't trust you.\"\n\nThe badger opened the door and he let Gio and Safira go down before he followed.\n\nShari sat with Clara, Dawn and two other girls who had befriended her during the previous night.\u0026nbsp; She ate a healthy breakfast of fruit and some eggs with the girls.\u0026nbsp; They all looked up when the door at the top of the stairs opened up, every other girl came out to see who it was.\n\nShari's breath caught when she saw Gio with a parrot clinging to him.\n\nDawn smiled and waved, \"Hi, Gio!\"\n\nThe mongoose blushed when the young doe called out to him, \"How sweet, they already know my nickname.\" He retorted with a hint of sarcasm.\n\nShari stood, her mood very easy to read.\n\nSafira wisely stepped away right before the cobra slapped Gio.\n\nHe recoiled from the hit.\n\n\"And to think I'd even liked you!\u0026nbsp; You're no different, just like every other motherfucker who thinks the whole world should owe them.\"\n\nHe stayed where he fell, tears in his eyes not from pain, but from her words.\u0026nbsp; \"I'm sorry.\"\n\nShe nodded, tears in her eyes as well.\u0026nbsp; \"You should be... when this is over, I never want to see you again.\"\n\nHe looked up.\u0026nbsp; \"It's my fault you're here.\u0026nbsp; Those men, they came for me, you were collateral.\u0026nbsp; You're here because of me.\u0026nbsp; I promise I'll get you out.\"\n\nThe badger yanked the mongoose up to his feet then brushed him off.\u0026nbsp; \"Don't make promises you can't keep, Giovanni.\u0026nbsp; It just makes you look stupid.\"\n\nGio tugged on the badger's suit.\u0026nbsp; \"Please, just let her go.\u0026nbsp; She has nothing to do with this.\"\n\nThe badger grabbed the mongoose's hand then crushed it in his grip.\u0026nbsp; \"First, don't fucking touch me.\u0026nbsp; Second, you think I'll let a fine piece of ass like her go?\u0026nbsp; Nuh-uh.\u0026nbsp; The high rollers who come here pay top dollar for the exotic pussy.\"\u0026nbsp; He looked at Shari, \"Especially ones who can't bite.\"\n\nShari felt her cold blood boil.\u0026nbsp; That badger had seen her secret.\u0026nbsp; \"I may not be able to bite anymore, but if you or anyone dares touch me, I'll kill you.\"\n\nThe badger grinned, \"Well, I already told Giovanni I would not touch you and I'm a man of my word.\"\u0026nbsp; He called upstairs.\u0026nbsp; \"Sidney!\"\n\nMost of the girls hid in their rooms when they heard the squirrel's name spoken.\n\nThe fearsome black squirrel came down.\n\nThe badger gave him a quick gesture to the cobra.\n\nSidney nodded then pounced on the cobra before she could move.\u0026nbsp; He slammed her roughly against the floor.\n\nGio despaired, \"No! Leave her alone!\"\n\nThe badger struck him.\u0026nbsp; \"You don't tell my men anything, Amante.\"\u0026nbsp; He looked at the squirrel.\u0026nbsp; \"Sid, you know what to do.\"\n\nThe squirrel growled as he stripped the cobra of the clothes the girls had given her.\u0026nbsp; He held her wrists above her head and kicked her legs apart before he pulled his zipper down.\n\nGio could take no more.\u0026nbsp; He kicked the badger in his one nut which made Diavolo release him.\u0026nbsp; He tackled the squirrel, knocked him clean off of Shari.\n\nThe badger cursed under his breath as he watched the mongoose and squirrel wrestle.\u0026nbsp; He walked up to them.\u0026nbsp; He pulled Gio off of a bloody, bruised and very pissed off Sidney.\u0026nbsp; Diavolo threw Gio with such a force that he cleared the whole room before hitting the floor.\u0026nbsp; He groaned from pain.\n\nThe squirrel looked at the mongoose with death in his eyes before the badger kissed him on the forehead.\u0026nbsp; \"Calm down, boy.\u0026nbsp; He won't hurt you again.\"\n\nSidney calmed as his adoptive father held him.\n\nOnly when Sidney was calm did Diavolo let him go.\u0026nbsp; Then, he stood and turned to see the dazed Gio with Safira at his side.\u0026nbsp; \"You... hurt my son, Gio.\u0026nbsp; For that, after tonight's hunt, you will eat the spoils if you wish to preserve your snake's pretty face.\"\n\nSafira helped Gio up.\u0026nbsp; \"Your son?\"\n\nDiavolo nodded, \"Yes, Sidney and his brother Michael are my adopted sons.\"\u0026nbsp; He petted the young squirrel.\u0026nbsp; \"They were discarded by their family just as I was.\u0026nbsp; Their father grew jealous because their mother would not lay with him anymore, so he cut their throats and threw them in the river.\u0026nbsp; I found them, I saved them.\u0026nbsp; They are as loyal to me as any son can be and they are the only men whom I'll admit to loving.\"\n\nSidney hugged the badger, his stitched neck matching his father's scarred neck.\u0026nbsp; \"Go join your brother, he'll fix you up.\"\n\nSidney nodded before walking upstairs, but not before one final death glare at the mongoose.\n\nThe badger began his ascent, \"Come along, Mr. Amante.\u0026nbsp; My sons are not here to watch you and I'm going upstairs, I cannot leave you unsupervised down here.\"\n\nSafira spoke before she could stop herself, \"I'll watch him.\"\n\nDiavolo took off his sunglasses then spoke, \"You're treading dangerous ground, Safira.\u0026nbsp; Know that I only keep you because you can control these girls, but one mistake and I'll kill you.\"\u0026nbsp; He went upstairs then the door slammed shut behind him followed by a loud curse from the badger.\n\nSafira sighed.\u0026nbsp; \"Fuck me, why don't I keep my big beak shut?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGio blushed from the attention he got from the girls.\u0026nbsp; Safira and two other girls worked on helping him with his bruises from his fight with Sidney.\n\nShari sat across from him, shaking her head as the girls fawned over him.\n\nDawn nuzzled the mongoose.\u0026nbsp; \"It's good to see yer still here at least.\"\n\nGio knew he had to speak before things went too far.\u0026nbsp; \"Listen... Dawn, right?\"\n\nShe nodded before kissing him.\n\nHe blushed again, \"Dawn, what happened yesterday... I only did that because I did not want to offend Dell'Ombra... The truth is, while you are very pretty, I can't have you or any of you girls.\"\n\nShe frowned.\u0026nbsp; \"What's wrong, you didn't enjoy yourself? I wasn't any good?\"\n\nHe shook his head as his face began to turn the brightest red it had ever been.\u0026nbsp; \"No, you were good, very good in fact. The thing is you're too young.\u0026nbsp; All of you are too young.\"\n\nDawn understood as a chorus of disappointed \"aws\" sounded around her.\u0026nbsp; She sniffed, \"Thank you.\u0026nbsp; Even if I can't have ya anymore, you were the best I've had.\u0026nbsp; You made me happier in that one moment than I had ever felt in my time here.\"\n\nGio shook his head.\u0026nbsp; \"That's the point, I shouldn't have been yours in the first place, you shouldn't be here.\u0026nbsp; This is all wrong.\u0026nbsp; You should be in school right now, learning about history, meeting your first boyfriends, but not this.\"\n\nDawn hugged him still.\u0026nbsp; \"It's not like we were given a choice.\u0026nbsp; Some of us, we were taken from our homes.\u0026nbsp; I was just goin' to school when they got me.\"\n\nClara spoke up, \"My family sold me to him.\u0026nbsp; We were poor.\u0026nbsp; We couldn't even afford dust and he made my dad sign a contract.\u0026nbsp; Now my family is rich, but I was the price they paid.\"\u0026nbsp; The rabbit sobbed.\n\nSafira held him.\u0026nbsp; \"I had no family when he got me.\u0026nbsp; My mother, my father, my sisters all died from the gangs in Rio where we lived.\u0026nbsp; Some men had raped me, Diavolo found me.\u0026nbsp; He killed those men, then he brought me here.\u0026nbsp; I'm the only one of these girls who has been outside of this mansion since we've been living here and only because he favored me over the rest, until I turned 20 and he didn't want me anymore.\"\n\nClara cried, \"I hate him.\u0026nbsp; He makes me feel small every time he sticks his dirty cock in me.\"\n\nDawn held her friend.\u0026nbsp; \"We all hate him, but we can't do anything about it.\u0026nbsp; Those squirrels aren't his only guards, he has others who are worse than them.\"\n\nSafira sobbed, \"He has paid hunters who catch any of us who do escape, but those ones that get out, they're never brought back.\"\n\nAnother girl, a hyena girl added, \"He has snipers too, so even if we get past his hunters, we never get that far anyway.\"\n\nGio heard everything and felt his blood pressure rise.\u0026nbsp; \"I'm a prisoner too, aren't I?\u0026nbsp; Just like you.\"\n\nThe hyena nodded, \"Until he decides to hunt you.\"\n\nShari saw and heard him speaking with the girls for the past hour.\u0026nbsp; She shook her head then laid down in an attempt to drown him out.\n\nSafira helped him up.\u0026nbsp; \"I'd better get you back to your room now before Diavolo changes his mind.\"\n\n\"Good night, Gio!\"\u0026nbsp; All the girls said to him before Safira led him out.\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nSidney and Michael sat together, Sid felt the bandages his brother had applied for him.\u0026nbsp; Then, he hugged Michael.\u0026nbsp; _\"Grazie.\"_He croaked out through a damaged neck.\n\n_\"Ti amo, Sidney.\"_ Michael's throat wasn't as bad as Sidney's.\u0026nbsp; He could speak better, he simply chose to remain silent like his brother.\n\nDiavolo walked in.\u0026nbsp; \"Are you boys doing well?\"\n\nThey both smiled and nodded happily to the old badger.\n\n_\"Buona.\"_ He petted them both.\u0026nbsp; \"Now, get dressed!\u0026nbsp; It is almost time for the\u0026nbsp; games.\"\u0026nbsp; He stepped out.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGiovanni, Diavolo, Safira, Sidney and Michael sat on a stage set up just outside the mansion.\n\nA car drove right up to the area.\u0026nbsp; It stopped, the front doors opened and two men stepped out.\u0026nbsp; One opened the passenger door and the other grabbed their reluctant passenger.\n\nGio grimaced as a beaten, nearly naked male otter was dragged out then thrown onto the ground.\n\nDiavolo nodded, \"This is today's quarry?\"\n\nThe two males nodded before a fourth man stepped out of the car.\u0026nbsp; This fourth was another male otter of better build, leaner body and fancier clothes than the tatters worn by the first.\n\nDiavolo tilted his head.\u0026nbsp; \"And you, I've not seen you before, who told you of my operations.\"\n\nThe big male grinned, \"I spoke with your men here, they told me you could help me with my problem.\"\n\nThe badger nodded, \"And what is your problem?\"\n\nThe otter kicked the other one.\u0026nbsp; \"This strunzo cheated on my sister, got another girl pregnant with his kid when he'd been so welcomed into my family.\"\n\nThe younger otter groaned.\n\nDiavolo nodded, \"Normally I don't take personal cases. Hunters hunt better when not working off emotions.\u0026nbsp; Second, have you ever killed anyone before?\u0026nbsp; This is what you will have to do now that you are here.\"\n\nThe otter shook his head, \"No, I have not killed anyone, but I will enjoy killing this one.\"\n\nThe badger looked to his soldiers, \"You two get this one cleaned up, then put him in the costume.\" He looked to the otter, \"And you, you'd better know what you are doing.\"\n\nLater, the two otters stood before the small group of onlookers.\u0026nbsp; The badger walked up to them.\u0026nbsp; He handed a knife to the younger.\u0026nbsp; \"This is your weapon.\"\n\nThe otter took the knife and holstered it.\u0026nbsp; He blushed at the loincloth he'd been made to wear.\n\nDiavolo turned his attention to the older otter.\u0026nbsp; \"And you, you may choose which weapon you want.\"\u0026nbsp; He gestured two his men who held an array of guns, knives and various melee weapons.\n\nThe otter made his choice.\u0026nbsp; Diavolo stopped the otter.\u0026nbsp; \"You'll be able to pay me right?\"\n\nThe otter blinked, \"Pay?\"\n\nThe badger growled, he'd suspected as much.\u0026nbsp; \"Yes, pay.\u0026nbsp; If in the time I designate, your prey manages to escape, you will have to pay me $50,000.\"\n\nThe otter grimaced, \"I was not told to bring that much, my father can wire you the money, he's...\"\n\n\"I do not ask your father, I ask you.\u0026nbsp; If your prey escapes and you cannot pay me, you're going in the ground.\"\n\nHe walked away leaving the otter suddenly fearful for his own life.\n\nThe badger cleared his throat and then spoke for everyone to hear him.\u0026nbsp; \"Now, you men shake hands.\"\n\nThe otters shook hands.\u0026nbsp; The older growled under his breath, \"You'd better run fast.\"\n\nThe younger scoffed, \"You should run faster, strunzo.\"\n\nThe badger nodded.\u0026nbsp; \"Now, you have until sun up to get to the nearest town which is 15 miles up road from here.\u0026nbsp; My men will be waiting at a hostel there with your prize money.\"\u0026nbsp; He hung a golden medallion from the younger otter's neck.\u0026nbsp; \"Be sure you are wearing this or they will not let you inside.\"\u0026nbsp; He pushed the young otter. \"You have a five minute head start, now run.\"\n\nThe younger otter began to run while the badger held his brother in-law.\n\nThe older otter growled, \"What are you doing?\u0026nbsp; He's getting away.\"\n\nThe badger growled louder.\u0026nbsp; \"It's called being a sportsman, you should try it.\"\u0026nbsp; The five minutes passed and the other otter had made good distance.\u0026nbsp; \"Now you can go.\"\u0026nbsp; The brother in-law groaned then ran after the cheater, both otters disappeared into the horizon.\n\nAs soon as they were gone, Diavolo turned to Giovanni.\u0026nbsp; \"Now, we go inside, the trackers on the weapons I gave them will show us how far they get.\u0026nbsp; And Gio, remember, tonight I expect you to eat what I cook for you after the hunt.\"\n\nThe mongoose gulped as he continued to watch the horizon as the otters disappeared.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"The Predators of Rome","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/656592-the-predators-of-rome-chapter-four.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1038818-the-predators-of-rome-meet-gio.json"}}